therefore the Commission, by Decision 98/503/EC (5), authorised Member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt, based on the concept of 'pest-free area' in which Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith is known not to occur, as established by official surveys and monitoring procedures in accordance with the 'FAO International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures Part 4:

Member States shall, in accordance with national traditions and practice, take adequate measures to promote the social dialogue between the two sides of industry with a view to fostering equal treatment, including through the monitoring of workplace practices, collective agreements, codes of conduct, research or exchange of experiences and good practices.

(27) Since the objectives of the proposed action, namely the monitoring of forests, their condition and environment interactions, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can, therefore, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty.

On the basis of the report, the Commission will submit a proposal for measures to enter into force no later than 1 January 2005 to include the technical specifications and corresponding annexes in order to provide for the type approval of OBM systems ensuring at least equivalent levels of monitoring to the OBD system and which shall be compatible with these systems.

Packs containing eggs destined for food industry undertakings approved in accordance with Directive 89/437/EEC may be marked with the indications referred to in paragraph 1 provided that the eggs are produced in poultry establishments meeting the respective requirements set out in Annex III and that the monitoring measures referred to in paragraphs 2 to 6 «re applied."

Packs containing eggs destined for food industry undertakings approved in accordance with Directive 89/437/EEC may be marked with the indications referred to in paragraph 1 provided that the eggs are produced in poultry establishments meeting the respective requirements set out in Annex III and that the monitoring measures referred to in paragraphs 2 to 6 «re applied."

(9) In view of the importance of these measures for the protection of public and animal health, as well as the relatively recent introduction of these monitoring programmes compared with the traditional disease eradication programmes and the obligatory application of these programmes in all Member States, a high level of financial assistance from the Community should be ensured.

Pending subsequent coordination, the competent authorities shall, for the purposes of observation and, if necessary, in addition to such coefficients as may be applied by them, establish ratios between the various assets and/or liabilities of credit institutions with a view to monitoring their solvency and liquidity and the other measures which may serve to ensure that savings are protected.

any recommendations as referred to in Article 34(2) have been acted upon within the specified period, or reasons have been communicated by the Member State to explain why no measure has been taken, where those recommendations are intended to remedy serious shortcomings in the monitoring or management system which undermine proper financial management of the assistance; any requests for corrective measures as referred to in Article 38(4) have been acted upon, if the application relates to the measure or measures concerned;

The Commission shall consult the Committee when determining Community priorities, implementing measures referred to in the Annex, when dealing with matters concerning the verification of conformity to standards, monitoring the implementation of Article 5 and other matters relating to standardization in the field of information technology and telecommunications, or other fields which which these overlap.

Whereas as a result of interceptions of Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky) on wooden packing material made from hardwood originating in some areas of China, the United Kingdom took official measures on 14 December 1998 in order to protect its territory from the danger of introduction of the said organism and set up additional specific monitoring procedures for the said organism on the said commodity;

This Regulation provides a framework for the traceability of products consisting of or containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and food and feed produced from GMOs, with the objectives of facilitating accurate labelling, monitoring the effects on the environment and, where appropriate, on health, and the implementation of the appropriate risk management measures including, if necessary, withdrawal of products.

In order to ensure the effective enforcement of the obligations incumbent on producers and distributors, the Member States should establish or designate authorities which are responsible for monitoring product safety and have powers to take appropriate measures, including the power to impose effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties, and ensure appropriate coordination between the various designated authorities.

The Community Coordinating Institute shall formulate and recommend the disease security measures to be taken by national laboratories in accordance with the standards referred to in paragraph 1, particularly as regards monitoring of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines, except for those tasks which Article 3 (2) of Decision 89/531/EEC assigns to the reference laboratory for the identification of foot-and-mouth disease virus.

Each Member State, in close consultation with the Commission, shall assess under each objective and not later than 31 December 2003 the performance of each of their operational programmes or single programming documents on the basis of a limited number of monitoring indicators reflecting effectiveness, management and financial implementation and measuring the mid-term results in relation to their specific initial targets.

no clinical, pathological or serological evidence of Aujeszky's disease has been recorded in the previous 12 months in the holdings located in an area of 5 km surrounding the holding of origin of the pigs; however, this provision shall not apply if, in these latter holdings, disease monitoring and eradication measures have been regularly applied under the supervision of the competent authority and in accordance with the eradication plan referred to in point (b), and these measures have effectively prevented any spread of disease to the holding in question,

Where necessary, such information shall include service handbooks, technical manuals, diagnosis information (e.g. minimum and maximum theoretical values for measurements), wiring diagrams, the software calibration identification number applicable to a vehicle type, instructions for individual and special cases, information provided concerning tools and equipment, data record information and two-directional monitoring and test data.

Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation, in particular on the payment of aid, monitoring measures and penalties, the marketing years, the minimum characteristics of the raw materials delivered for processing, the equivalent period referred to in Article 5(2) and the financial consequences of exceeding the thresholds shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 46 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96."

(9) Measures under the scheme concerning forest fire monitoring should complement those measures which are undertaken, in particular, pursuant to Council Decision 1999/847/EC of 9 December 1999 establishing a Community action programme in the field of civil protection( 9 ), Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)( 10 ) and Council Regulation (EEC) No 1615/89 of 29 May 1989 establishing a European forestry information and communication system (EFICS)( 11 ).

Whereas, because of concern for possible latent infection of potatoes by Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith the additional measures include testing for the presence of the organism in Egypt in potatoes intended for export to the Community as well as a monitoring testing programme of the said potatoes on entry into the Community and appropriate controls on the waste disposal after packaging or processing of the said potatoes in the Community;

(4) It is necessary to establish a framework of specific measures for ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin so that economic data can be collected and statistical information analysed for the purpose of monitoring the market; in so far as the market in ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin is linked to the market in ethyl alcohol in general, information also needs to be made available concerning the market in ethyl alcohol of non-agricultural origin.

improving existing Community measures which protect forests and implementing sustainable forest management, inter alia, through national forest programmes, in connection with rural development plans, with increased emphasis on the monitoring of the multiple roles of forests in line with recommendations adopted by the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe and the United Nations Forum on Forests and the Convention on Biodiversity and other fora;

whereas, in particular, the operation of a 'qualified area', in which no outbreak of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith has occurred, seems to be insufficient to prevent such a risk of entry and should be altered to operate on the basis of 'pest-free area' in which Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith is known not to occur, as established by official surveys and monitoring procedures in accordance with the 'FAO International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures Part 4:

In addition to measures to enhance the transparency of the public sector financial accounts, a new system of monitoring and control of the operating results and the borrowing requirements of the public enterprises and the public entities will be introduced after consultation with the Commission by 30 June 1991. Cash limits on the disbursement of budget grants for the public enterprises and the public entities will be applied by the Government until the new system is effective.

Member States shall ensure, at least by check sampling, compliance with the maximum levels referred to in paragraph 1. The necessary inspections and monitoring shall be carried out in accordance with Council Directive 89/397/EEC of 14 June 1989 on the official control of foodstuffs (*), except for Article 14 thereof, and Directive 93/99/EEC of 29 October 1993 on the subject of additional measures concerning the official control of foodstuffs (**) except for Articles 5, 6 and 8 thereof.

Member States shall ensure, at least by check sampling, compliance with the maximum levels referred to in paragraph 1. The necessary inspections and monitoring shall be carried out in accordance with Council Directive 89/397/EEC of 14 June 1989 on the official control of foodstuffs (*), except for Article 14 thereof, and Council Directive 93/99/EEC of 29 October 1993 on the subject of additional measures concerning the official control of foodstuffs (**), except for Articles 5, 6 and 8 thereof.

The Standing Committee on Veterinary Medicinal Products referred to in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 did not deliver a favourable opinion on the measures proposed by the Commission to place norges-tomet in Annex I of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 and the 2404th meeting of the Agricultural Council confirmed this opinion with a simple majority against the adoption of these measures (COM(2001) 627 final) on 21 January 2002. The Council was in favour of providing for harmonised control limits for the progestagen hormones used in veterinary medicinal products with suitably validated analytical methods that could be applied for routine monitoring.

Whereas, in order to allow the new Member States to benefit from Community part-financing of certain measures regarding the monitoring of agricultural expenditure, it is appropriate to adapt certain provisions of Council Regulations (EEC) No 4045/89 of 21 December 1989 on scrutiny by Member States of transactions forming part of the system of financing by the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund(1), (EEC) No 307/91 of 4 February 1991 on reinforcing the monitoring of certain expenditure chargeable to the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (2), (EEC) No 3508/92 of 27 November 1992 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes (3) and (EC) No 165/94 of 24 January 1994 concerning the co-financing by the Community of remote-sensing checks (4);

(17) Since the objectives of this Regulation, namely the harmonised monitoring of the trade in drug precursors and the avoidance of its diversion to the illicit manufacture of synthetic drugs and psychotropic substances, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of the international and changeable nature of such trade, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty.

The results of the investigations in relation to product Nos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 18 and 19 are set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1694/2002 (5) which imposed definitive safeguard measures in relation to those products, whilst those in relation to product Nos 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 20 and 21 are set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1695/2002 (6) which terminated the safeguard proceedings in relation to those products, established a system of monitoring of certain steel products and provided for the refund of certain duties.

Whereas Council Directive 89/397/EEC of 14 June 1989 on the official control of foodstuffs (8) leaves the choice of means and methods to the national enforcement authorities; whereas Council Directive 93/99/EEC of 29 October 1993 on the subject of additional measures concerning the official control of foodstuffs (9) lays down quality standards for laboratories and requires the use of validated methods of analysis where available; whereas Article 5 of the latter Directive is applicable to the monitoring of the implementation of this Directive;

(17) Whereas Council Directive 89/397/EEC of 14 June 1989 on the official control of foodstuffs (8) leaves the choice of means and methods to the national enforcement authorities; whereas Council Directive 93/99/EEC of 29 October 1993 on the subject of additional measures concerning the official control of foodstuffs (9) lays down quality standards for laboratories and requires the use of validated methods of analysis where available; whereas Article 5 of the latter Directive is applicable to the monitoring of the implementation of this Directive;

Information on the effect of former accompanying measures under Council Regulation (EEC) No 2078/ 92 (3), Council Regulation (EEC) No 2079/92 (4), and Council Regulation (EEC) No 2080/92 ft, where such measures form part of the financial programming for 2000 to 2006, should be included in the annual report provided for in Article 48(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999. In addition, the expenditure arising under such measures should be included in the information which Member States are required to supply by 30 September each year as provided for in Article 47 of Regulation (EC) No 445/2002. Taking into account those matters, the requirements as regards financial monitoring provided for in Article 17 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 746/96 (6), Articles 1 and 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1404/94 (7) and Articles 1 and 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1054/94 (8) should be deleted.

(a) the promotion of sustainable development, security of energy supply in the framework of the internal market, competitiveness and environmental protection, including the development of standards and labelling and certification systems, long-term voluntary commitments to be agreed with industry and other stake-holders, as well as forward studies, strategic studies on the basis of shared analyses, and regular monitoring of the development of the markets and energy trends including for the preparation of future legislative measures or for the review of existing legislation;

Taking into account Articles 2 to 5, the on-going research, exchange of information and monitoring and the results thereof, the cost and effectiveness of local and other remedies and in order to combat air pollution, in particular that originating from new or rebuilt installations, each Contracting Party undertakes to develop the best policies and strategies including air-quality management systems and, as part of them, control measures compatible with balanced development, in particular by using the best available technology which is economically feasible and low-and non-waste technology.

Whereas the Fourth ACP-EC Convention and the cooperation, association and partnership agreements concluded by the European Community with developing countries contain clauses on cooperation to curb drug abuse and drug trafficking, the monitoring of trade in precursors, chemical products and psychotropic substances and the exchange of relevant information, including measures in the field of money laundering; whereas there is a relationship between the campaign against drugs and drug addiction and the aims of the cooperation policy pursued by the Community and its developing-country partners;

Tanzania has provided the Commission with the necessary guarantees with regard to the monitoring of residues and contaminants covered by Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996 on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products and repealing Directives 85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC and 91/664/EEC, and was given provisional approval under Commission Decision 2000/159/EC of 8 February 2000 on the provisional approval of residue plans of third countries according to Council Directive 96/23/EC, as last amended by Decision 336/2002/EC.

Whereas Community methods of sampling and analysis should be established and, in the case of analysis methods, used at least as reference methods; whereas the establishment of these methods is a technical and scientific implementing measure which should be determined by means of a procedure involving close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on Plant Health; whereas the analysis methods should comply with the criteria set out in the Annex to Council Directive 85/591/EEC of 20 December 1985 concerning the introduction of Community methods of sampling and analysis for the monitoring of foodstuffs intended for human consumption (2);

Commission Decision 2000/159/EC of 8 February 2000 on the provisional approval of residue plans of third countries according to Council Directive 96/23/EC (1), as last amended by Decision 2002/336/EC (2), specifies in its Annex the third countries which have submitted a plan, setting out the guarantees which it offers as regards the monitoring of the groups of residues and substances referred to in Annex I to Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996 on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products and repealing Directives 85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC and 91/664/ EEC (3), for the animals or primary animal products mentioned.

In order to take account of scientific advances and of differences in the equipment of official laboratories, the use of methods based on principles of measurement other than the reference methods described in the Annex hereto should be permitted under the responsibility of the laboratory director, where those methods offer adequate guarantees as regards results and in particular meet the criteria set in the Annex to Council Directive 85/591/EEC of 20 December 1985 concerning the introduction of Community methods of sampling and analysis for the monitoring of foodstuffs intended for human consumption (4) and if it can be shown that the variation in the accuracy, repeatability and reproducibility of the results obtained is within the limits of those obtained using the reference methods described in this Regulation.

I-A.5.1. Monitoring and measurement

Particular health monitoring measures

Verification of self-monitoring measures carried on

Verification of self-monitoring measures carried out

Indicate the monitoring and measurement methods used.

number of (equal) measuring periods in monitoring period.

The same measuring period shall be used for the monitoring under the forest canopy and the open area monitoring.

A monitoring period shall consist of one or more measuring periods.

whereas those monitoring measures are to be notified to the Commission;

the measures decided concerning monitoring in accordance with Article 10.